三彌勒經疏 1.82

1.82

Where the sūtra states, "At that time, in the gardens there were eight-colored vaidūrya canals," onward: second, this concerns making the parks. "Eight colors" refers to red, yellow, blue, white, crimson, purple, azure, and green, which signify the ability to generate the eight kinds of moral discipline, such as the prātimokṣa disciplines. Regarding the "eight-flavored water," one explanation says: each of the preceding eight colors possesses the eight flavors. Another says: within the fourth flavor of the merit-canals, all eight flavors are present, because clarity, lightness, coolness, and so forth are not themselves states of taste. "Apparitionally producing four flowers" refers to blue, yellow, red, and white. "Water emerging from the flowers" means that the eight-colored waters emerge from the flowers, and the four-colored flowers grow from the waters; the colors of the water interreflect, like a stream of jeweled blossoms.